Figures of prelates from a early Anglo-Norman version of the Psalter, in MS. Cotton, Nero C. IV., in the British Museum.
Ecclesiastics of the 12th century. Bishop, monks.
Tag: Medieval costume
Medieval costume history. The period between the end of antiquity and the beginning of modern times about the 6th to the 15th century. It includes as superordinate, the Byzantine, Merovingian, Carolingian and Burgundian costume eras. Therein are the Gallic, Celtic, English-Saxon, Normans, Gothic, Romanesque included.
Figures of Ecclesiastics of the cathedral of Chartres.
The Cathedral of Chartres, founded in the earliest times of Christianity in the west, is remarkable for the many misfortunes it has sustained.
Spanish warriors, jongleurs, minstrels in the 11th century.
The figures which form our plate represent Spanish warriors of the latter part of the eleventh century, and are interesting on account of their remarkable resemblance to the Anglo-Norman soldiers on the celebrated Bayeaux Tapestry.
Illustrations of Prudentius. Anglo-Saxon civil and military costume.
Prudentius is the most important Christian poet of late antiquity. Prudentius was very popular in the Middle Ages. There are more than 300 manuscripts, the oldest one from the 6th century.
The Black Prince. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales.
The portrait was probably made about the time of the battle of Poitiers
Effigy of William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury. England 13th century.
The son of King Henry II. by his celebrated mistress, Fair Rosamond. Much of romantic interest is attached to the name of Longuespee.
Head-dresses at the beginning of the 16th century
Head-dresses of the ladies of the 15th century. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw
Knights in combat. The warlike machines. England 13th century.
The warlike machines. Our wood-cuts represent some of the instruments used, during the middle ages, in carrying on sieges.
Richard II. King of England 1377 to 1399.
Richard II (Richard Plantagenet, also known as Richard of Bordeaux 1367-1400), King of England from 1377 to 1399.
King and Knight. England 12th century.
King and Knight. The regal costume during the 12th and 13th centuries